Receptacle



Nov. 11 1924. 1,515,011

E. J. COTTER RECEPTACLE Filed March 22 1923 INVENTOR [du y/o \f. Co/ififr ATTORNEY i atented Nov. 11, 1524.

nears stares EDVIARD J. CUTTER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

IRECEPTACLE.

Application filed March 22, 1923. Serial No. 626,784.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. Co'r'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of receptacles which are designed, more particularly, for holding soap, brushes, etc., in the bath-rooms or the like.

The invention has for its object to provide a holder of this character whch will be inexpensive to make and afford a strong and durable structure in which there is practically no danger of any of the members becoming loose or disconnected at the joints.

The invention will be understood from the following detail descripton.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a soap container embodying my improvements, illustrated as attached to a wall of a bath tub which is shown in transverse section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 2.

According to the present invention, I provide a basket-like frame composed of longitudinal strip members interconnected with transverse wire members all of substantially U-shapes.

Said longitudinal members are formed of metal strips having middle horizontal bar portions indicated respectively by 5, 6, Tand 8 and arm portions 51, 61, 71 and 81 at each end of the same.

The central one of said members has its arms 51 disposed vertically and extend between down turned flanges 62 provided at the extremities of the horizontally disposed arm elements 61 of the upper or rim members.

The others of said members, two being shown at each side of said central member, have their arms 71 and 81 inclined as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and are provided with vertically disposed extremities 7.2 and 82 W11 ch are juxtaposed with each other and the adjacent flanges 62 of the rim members.

All of said longitudinal members are rigidly connected together by rivets 9, one at each end of the frame, to unite the respective flanges to the adjacent arms 51 of said central member.

The horizontal bar portions of the various members are provided with longitudinally spaced apertures, such as 10, through which are threaded thewire transverse members 11. The extremities 12 of the latter are rigidly secured to the rim members by being expanded or welded in the respective apertures of the bar elements 6.

The transverse members, however, are advantageously connected with the bar elements 5, 7 and 8 by sl ding engagement in the apertures thereof to afford resiliency to the structure.

As shown in Fig. 2, the bar element 6 of the rear rim member is secured as by rivets 18 to hook attachments 14 which are adapted to be engaged over the wall 15 of a bath tub or the like.

A receptacle constructed in the manner above described is practically indestructible when subjected to the usages for which intended.

What I claim is,

1. In a receptacle of the class described, an upper frame member, a plurality of U shaped members having their ends attached to each other and to the upper frame member by a common fastening means, said U- shaped member being provided with spaced apertures and diverging from their points of attachment w th the upper frame member to form a substantially flat bottom rectangular receptacle, and a plurality of parallel U-shaped members attached to said frame member and slidably engaging in the g'pertures of said first named U-shaped memers.

2. In a receptacle of the class described, an upper frame composed of two U-shaped members having flanged ends, a plurality of U-shaped body forming numbers hav'ng flanged ends, each flanged end of all of said body forming members being attached to a pair of flanged ends of the body frame member, said body forming members diverging from their points of attachment to the frame member and extending longitudinally of the receptacle, and having a plurality of apertures therein, U-shaped wires having their oppos'te ends rigidly attached to the upper frame and extending transversely of the receptacle and slidably engaging in the apertures in the body members.

3. In a receptacle of the character described, the combination with a frame consisting of a plurality of longitudinally disposed U-shaped members each havng an said frame, said Wires being secured at their ends in the apertures of the respective rim members and extending in slidable engagement through the apertures of the other of said members.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 8th day of March, 1923.

EDWARD J. CUTTER.

Witnesses PIERRE BARNES, M. G. SUPPLE. 

